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Severe storm causes electrical disruptions in hospitals and pumping systems in Matanzas

ETECSA announces new WiFi zone in Cuba, and they respond: "By 2080, there will be coverage across the entire island."

"Living here has become an agony": Otto Ortiz denounces crisis in building in Nuevo Vedado

ETECSA had its workers practice with rifles, and the Cubans responded: "Fix the connection."

A Cuban receives a promotion from ETECSA and responds with a strong critique

Five days without electricity just a few blocks from the Plaza de la Revolución: "The children are sleeping on the rooftop."

Cuba begins another week of widespread blackouts: more than 2,200 MW of impact expected

Two days without electricity in Mariana de la Torre, Santiago de Cuba

The Book Fair concludes with works by Raúl Castro: propaganda does not rest

From 18-story buildings in Santiago de Cuba, they report 40 hours without electricity

More than a week without water, less than four hours of electricity, and almost cut off from communication: "Plebiscite now," says writer in a fit of anger

Residents of Diez de Octubre protest to prevent water connection to military installation

Unit 3 of the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes thermoelectric plant in Cienfuegos goes offline from the SEN

“Let's help that woman”: Limay Blanco comes to the rescue of a Cuban mother after her EcoFlow was stolen

The regime violently represses a protest in Fontanar and detains two individuals amid the blackout crisis

A small and medium-sized enterprise seeks to alleviate water scarcity affecting rural communities in Holguín by utilizing rainwater

Díaz-Canel sets a date for the water supply solution in Havana, but his history of promises makes it hard to trust

Having electricity in Cuba is like "living like a millionaire": Even the yogurt froze

Cuban officialist reporter praises Guiteras' record: "30 days online, who would have thought, right?"

Cuba faces blackouts this Saturday that will exceed 70% of the national demand

Díaz-Canel sets a date for water improvement in Havana: Late September will be the first test

PCC in Holguín boasts about Battery Station, and Cubans are questioning: "When will it be ready?"

Dozens of people are protesting in Fontanar amid prolonged blackouts in Havana

Cuban mother: "You try enduring three hours without electricity... with an empty stomach and a dry throat."

Cuban poet: "Here we are, without 'little horse', without transformer, without power, and without hopes."

An old microdump is transformed into a cargo center managed by a state-owned company in Guantánamo

VIRAL: Cuban shares method to reuse charcoal and takes social media by storm

Cuban playwright on school year propaganda: "Once again it bets on triumphalism."

Sad consolation: using all the output from its solar parks, Artemisa barely reduces the daily blackout from 22 to 18 hours

Proverbs That No Longer Work in Cuba, According to Chequera

Mipyme was unfairly singled out, and the semi-official source ends up apologizing

A Cuban woman reports that she has been without electricity for five days: "Who benefits from the electricity that belongs to us?"

MININT confirms examinations to detect dielectric oil in private cars: "There are 18 occupied vehicles."

Díaz-Canel defends the start of the academic year in universities despite the blackouts and the crisis: "The most revolutionary thing"

Ulises Aquino reports that his neighborhood in Havana only received 55 minutes of electricity in six days

Randy Alonso calls for "pot-banging protests every day" against Trump and Marco Rubio

Díaz-Canel acknowledges that the regime cannot ensure electricity even to pump water to the capital

Two arrested and two fugitives after attempted robbery at an electrical substation in Santiago de Cuba

Cuban mother shows her child sleeping on the floor: "When they were supposed to rest, they turned off the lights."

Cuban mother fans her baby during a blackout: "When my hand gets tired, the mosquitoes are going to eat us."

Power outage interrupts live broadcast of the National News from Cuban Television

Díaz-Canel orders the support of 29 water sources in Havana with generators

The anxiety of a mother whose daughter is going to school for the first time: "I don't want her to struggle more than she does at home."

With pure sorrow, a Cuban mother denounces the theft of her EcoFlow and solar panel: "It was so my children wouldn’t suffer."

Marco Rubio on the blackouts in Cuba: "They have been going on for five or seven years because the system does not work."

New Rules in Cuba for Creating Private Businesses: Procedures, Requirements, and Deadlines

"How easy it is to demand resilience": Cubans respond to Morales Ojeda's post about the school year

Cuban mother says enough: "My children won't go to school until they can sleep."

Where is the electricity generation? Cuba will have only 990 MW available during the nighttime peak

Cuban to Díaz-Canel: "This country has never had so many social disparities before."

Cuban scientist criticizes Trump and Rubio's policy toward the Island: "Cuba is not freer, but it is immensely more miserable."

"What achievements?" Cubans lash out at Díaz-Canel following his message about the start of the school year

Cuban woman erupts after days without power or water: "How long is the people going to keep enduring?"

Fire at a landfill causes severe electrical damage and leaves buildings in Las Tunas without power

Even with spelling mistakes: This is how the school year begins

Ulises Toirac explodes over the blackouts in Cuba: "It's not just incompetence and bad faith. It's a crime."

Cuba begins the school year in the dark: blackouts of up to 2,310 MW are forecasted

"Endless possibilities, says Mr. Meme": Cubans mock Díaz-Canel and his Sovereignty Platform

Cuban mothers block a street with their children in Arroyo Naranjo to protest against power outages and the lack of water

"Will I be able to enjoy the increase?": Cuban retirees have been waiting for months for their new pensions